diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioflo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioflo/default.nix
index 34bb4895ff8ac..4ec24cb77a9a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioflo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioflo/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , aresponses
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , poetry-core
 , pytest-aiohttp
 , pytest-asyncio
@@ -24,6 +25,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-7NrOoc1gi8YzZaKvCnHnzAKPlMnMhqxjdyZGN5H/8TQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # This patch removes references to setuptools and wheel that are no longer
+    # necessary and changes poetry to poetry-core, so that we don't need to add
+    # unnecessary nativeBuildInputs.
+    #
+    #   https://github.com/bachya/aioflo/pull/65
+    #
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "clean-up-build-dependencies.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/bachya/aioflo/commit/f38d3f6427777ab0eeb56177943679e2570f0634.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-iLgklhEZ61rrdzQoO6rp1HGZcqLsqGNitwIiPNLNHQ4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     poetry-core
   ];
@@ -32,6 +47,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     aiohttp
   ];
 
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     aresponses
     pytest-aiohttp